^(•0 A His'l'ortv OK siroiri'iiDi.-Ns in Kansas 



sizdd, .siiiooili, IxM^ly yoiiiit;- tliiiiu's wci-c S('('iir(_'(l. 



Ml'. Kiiox lias i-cccuily |)oii,l;Ii1, llic. ti'icd sire, 

 ►Scotch Cuiubcrlaiid. 1I(; is by (JiiDihcrlaiid's 

 Type, the most seiisaljonai yViiKU'icaii show hull 

 of the times, thirty-scivcu lii'sl preiiiiiims hciii^ 

 (daimed ioi- him in t,hii-iy-sr\'('ii showings a1 the 

 biggest shows. Scotch (Jiiuihci-la nd had Imm-ii used 

 by John ltegi(!i- I'oi' tin cc y(;a,i-s and sii'(;d tlicrc a 

 veiy attractive line of calves tliat aic gi-owiug 

 into big cows with a promising I'ldui-e. Valuable 

 additions to tlie remale end ot the bei'd were 

 made l)y j»urcliasing a1 independence in V.)]U 

 several oJ' iJic choi(-esi, cnws I'roiu d. II. Jiol- 

 comb's (ixcellent c<nisig!imen1, and at 1lie s|M'ing 

 sab' ihe higliesi jn-iced cow sold tell id his bid- 

 ding. ]Mi'. Knox is in a position to cai'i'y out 

 plans that will make his hei'd one among i he bes1 

 in southern Kansas. 



J. H. Holcomb, Humboldt. — Woi't:ing his way 

 uj) from agi'nt's assislant in a, sjualj Iowa lown 

 to division J'reiglit agent of a ti-ans-ciml inental 

 railroad, then, at J'il'ty yeai's ol' age in\'< ■sling his 

 savings in a ciioice ^Mlen conihy iarni, tells pari 

 of Mr. Jiolcoinb's lil'e s1oi-.\-. Tlie |-cs1, has been 

 W)'i1ten by his v/oi'k on the rai-iii and with 1he 

 Shoi-thorns since Ib'OO. Mi', i |(i|c(mib's I'i rsl pur- 

 chases wer(' roiirleen high-grade cows I'roni d. I!. 

 Bayei' J'ollowed by Jniir imrc bred heiiVi's and a 

 bull. Wilhiii a, iew yeais he disc>)\'ei'ed he did 

 nut lia\'e ihe (jiialih' ii<' needed su lie s(»id iiieni 



